I searched and found – Janneke

Janneke Dijke (pilgrim 21.027) walked the Walk of Wisdom and that inspired her to write the following poems: ‘I searched and found’ and ‘On the Walk of Wisdom we follow the same route’. Beautiful texts that we are happy to share.

I SEARCHED AND I FOUND

I was looking for stillness

I found
loudly chirping birds
that took over my head
until there was no thought left
and it comes naturally
became silent.

I was looking for a delay

I found
a continuous route
that brings me closer
instead of taking it further
and who have the time
.

I was looking for space

I found
endless nature
that surrounded and filled me
until my heart burst with happiness
and space
gave everything.

ON THE WALK OF WISDOM WE FOLLOW THE SAME ROUTE

On the Walk of Wisdom we follow the same route,
but not the same path.

We wander and stumble,
wandering and floating,
sailing and getting lost,
plowing and plodding,
Step by step by step.

Our tracks are intertwined
when we share an encounter,
an experience,
a gesture,
a state of mind.

This is how we weave a web,
a web of wisdom,
Seeing a web of each other
and yet leave each other,
as a springboard to the life that awaits us.

Janneke Dijke
Walk of Wisdom
Pilgrim 21,027
April 25, 2026